Diego Armando Maradona

This great soccer player was born in Lands, a town in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, on October 30 1960. A poor childhood with seven brothers and sisters and a vertiginous rise in the sports world lead him to be part of the national soccer team, be idolized by the fans of Naples in Italy and receive the Best Player of the XXth century.

His career began when he was ten years old when he approached the Cebollitas, the Argentinos Juniors children's team. In 1977, at the young age of 16, he played in the Argentine national soccer team against Hungary. In 1979, he was part of the soccer team, who allowed Argentina to win the World Cup in the youth category. From then on, Diego displayed he had the makings of a champion.

He was member of the Boca Juniors team until his transfer to Europe where he played in Spain and in Italy. During the 1986 World Cup he authored the famous "hand of God" that gave Argentina the victory in the quarter finals against England. In 1990 Maradona was the exemplary captain for the national team.

In 1991 an anti-doping test turned out positive and he was suspended for 15 months. From then on his drug problem became a stumbling block for his sports career. After several more transfers that included his return to Argentina and his disqualification during the second game of the first stage of the World Cup in 1994 for ephedrine consumption - a substance that is forbidden by the FIFA - Maradona had his first experience as a coach. A year later he went back to playing for Boca Junior until finally retiring from soccer on the day of his 37th birthday.